(Iran International) Iran’s ambassador to London has dismissed allegations that the Islamic Republic was involved in threats against UK-based Iranian journalists in his first appearance before the UK Parliament.
Ambassador Ali Mousavi was attending a meeting of the UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee on the Iran-Israel conflict on June 17, where MPs grilled him over what they called Tehran-backed plots against dissident Iranian journalists in Britain.
“These issues are some allegations against and blaming my country,” he said according to an official transcript. “We have some criticism regarding BBC Persian’s activities. They are intervening in Iranian domestic affairs.”
Pressed by MP John Whittingdale on more than 20 plots cited by MI5 targeting exiled Iranian journalists, Mousavi denied Iranian involvement and pushed for bilateral security discussions instead.
